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Classics 110

The Ancient World (from the beginning of written records to c. 600 AD.)

Course Outline (.pdf)
Student Supplement (.pdf)

The Cradles of Civilization

bullet Mesopotamia
bulletAgriculture
bulletLiteracy
bulletSumerians
bullet Hammurabi
bullet Egypt
bullet Pyramid mystery?
bulletFertile Crescent
bulletHittites
bulletPhoenicians
bulletHebrews
bulletAssyria
bulletPersia
bulletIndus Valley
bulletHarappan
bulletMohenjo-daro
bulletAryans
bulletRigveda
bulletBrahmanism
bulletBuddhism
bullet Siddhartha Gautama 563 - 483 BC
bulletAshoka
bulletChina
bulletDynasties
bulletShang c. 1500 - 1050 BC
bulletZhou c. 1050 - 256 BC
bulletHan 206 BC - 220 AD
bullet Confucius 551 - 479 BC
bulletDaoism
bulletLegalism

The Glory that was Greece

bulletEarly "Greek" civilizations
bulletMinoan
bulletMycenaean
bulletThe Polis
bulletClassical Greece
bulletAthens
bulletSparta
bulletPeloponnesian Wars
bulletThe Great Philosophers
bulletSocrates
bulletPlato
bulletAristotle 
bullet Alexander the Great
bulletSeleucid
bulletPtolemaic
bulletAntigonid
bulletHellenistic Era
bulletCulture
bulletCommerce
bulletPhilosophy
bulletEpicurus 320 - 270 BC
bulletZeno 335 - 262 BC
bulletScience
bulletAristarchus of Samos 310 - 230 BC
bulletEuclid
bulletArchimedes
bulletEratosthenes

The Grandeur that was Rome

bullet The Early Republic
bulletPatricians and Plebians
bullet The Carthaginian Wars
bulletHannibal
bulletScipio Africanus
bulletLate Republic
bulletThe Gracchi brothers
bulletMarius
bulletSulla
bulletPompey
bulletJulius Caesar
bullet Augustus and the Early Empire
bullet Jesus Christ and the Early Christian Church
bulletLater Empire
bulletMarcus Aurelius
bulletConstantine
bullet The Byzantine Empire

 


Dr. Foster's Background
Classics 110
History 111
History 112
History 250
History 251
History 260
History 261
Native Studies 210
Native Studies 240
Political Science 221
English 2550
Early Historians
bullet Herodotus
bullet Thucydides
bullet Plutarch
bullet Livy